<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Services on two </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> train lines will remain suspended until at least Monday morning after a carriage partially derailed on Sunday evening.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fifth carriage of the train partially derailed as it was approaching Clifton Hill station about 10.30pm on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood the carriage became entangled in overhead wires after it partially lifted from the rail.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-xi-jinping-meeting-beijing-china-port-of-darwin-ownership/8b08fe35-f9c4-4635-8117-ffea3f271f2d" target="_blank"><strong><span>PM brushes off concerns of Chinese retaliation as port showdown looms</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There were 55 passengers onboard, but nobody was injured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Services on the Hurstbridge and Mernda lines will be suspended until Monday morning at the earliest, Metro Trains chief executive Raymond O'Flaherty said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I want to sincerely apologise to all of our passengers who use our services on both of those lines," O'Flaherty said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/two-melbourne-train-lines-to-remain-suspended-until-monday-after-partial-derailment/2684a644-d801-4648-956a-4f9c8a7ded57" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know this disruption is impacting their journeys and we're working very hard to recover this situation and reinstate train services as soon as possible. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a very unusual event, it's not something we've seen before."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A crane removed the faulty carriage just before 4pm today, after the other carriages were taken from the track overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hurstbridge line passengers will need to use buses between Eltham and Parliament stations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Replacement buses will service Mernda passengers between Reservoir and Parliament.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trains continue to operate between Mernda and Reservoir, but delays are likely.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Previously planned works mean buses will continue to replace trains between Heidelberg and Eltham until Thursday, July 24.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is a lot of work to be done over the next three to four days and then final testing and commissioning on Sunday," O'Flaherty said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Obviously we are working around the clock as fast as we can.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-backpacker-wa-carolina-wilga-statement/3b13b816-8ec2-41a7-9e71-86184fbcea9e" target="_blank"><strong><span>Rescued backpacker reveals why she abandoned car</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've brought in all the resources we need, but there is a lot of work to be done and we need to make sure it's done properly."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It has not been decided whether passengers will be entitled to compensation, he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will look at passenger compensation at the end of this month," O'Flaherty said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In the meantime, what we are focused on is trying to ensure that passengers can still make journeys.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are doing everything we can to minimise the impact on passengers on both of these lines."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Commuters this morning expressed their frustration at the replacement bus services.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They gave me assurance it might be fixed today, but when I turned up today, it's still buses," one commuter said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[It's] incredibly frustrating, but you've just got to deal with it, right?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These people stop and start the trains at random. It's a shocking service," another commuter said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Two days in a row I'm going to be late now."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The cause of the derailment is yet to be established.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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